Folded sheet and method of folding the same



April 2, 1935. s. SHAPIRO FOLDED SHEET AND METHOD OF FOLDING TI IE SAME Filed A ril 8, 1951 I INVENTOR jomz/e/ Jfiap/ko. BY a; i 'rogNEYs Patented Apr. 2, 1935 v v V 1 r it 7 p UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FOLDED SHEET ANDIMETHODHOF FOLDING V THE SAME t 7, Samuel Shapiro, New York, N. Y.-,'-assignor to Olga Liben, Bronx, N. Y.

Application April 8, 1931, Serial No. 528,467

2 Claims. (01. 206-57) My invention relates to the folding ofsheets of along the line 24 to complete thefoldedarticla material, such as paper, used for napkins, towels The sheet 4 B is preferably of-tissue paperor the and the like, and the same has for its object to like employed, for napkins and towels. The coproduce a sheet folded so as to facilitate the-reextensive sections {2 are preferably of prederl' moval thereof from a, stack of such folded sheets, termined dimensions so that the article will fit 6 particularly when the stack is disposed in a disthe d spe s ng devic The i s Of i 1 6,; pensingdevice. p, 20 and 22 are thereforesotalgen asto enable Another object of the'invention is to provide an formation of sections l2 of the desired size, the article of the character specified in which the po tion of the sheet "I int ed ate e fo ded 10 folds thereof are arranged to render the article d e p rti ns r pa s I a a d 14b f ming th 10 substantially uniformly resilient or flexible to sections l2,while the sections M are formed from facilitate the removal thereof from the stack. S p s d portions Ma and i With Another object of the invention is to provide an s od of folding, the sheets can come in article of the character specified in which the Various Widths Without h g this/Width 0f 15 parts are folded so that an exposed edges a the folds or panels l2a,'l2b and lZc, the additional 15 folded edges and the article can be withdrawn W h being taken Care Of by Change ill the W h from the stack without unfolded edges of the 0f the Panels e I411 The line O fold 24 sheet forming the same being exposed and inters p a ly along the m ddl of t s t s fering with or being injured by the withdrawal. that all the sections l 2 are coextensive, all the side Another object of the invention is to provide edges a f d d d s, a d t pos d aw d s an article of the character specified in which the 0f the Sheet a e brought together at one end of -20 coextensive andlesser sections'are arranged in the t 7 symmetrical or balanced relation and form an In the article t formed ooextensive s article having continuously smooth uninterrupttions i form the p sed su ac s of the ar 25 ed outer surfaces. so that each surface is continuous and uninter- Other objects will in part be obvious and in p ofieringzmihimllm impedance o W 25 part be pointed out hereinafter, drawal of the article fromthe-stack. The panels In the drawing: lZa, I2!) and I20 are folded in zigzag formation Figure 1 is a perspective of one form of article With the Panels i406 and Mb i p s d b tw constructed according to and embodying my said the coextensive Panels in unexposed position, and

invention, with the end shown s read rt, such coextensive panels comprise an odd number 30 Fig. 2 is an end view of the article, looking at Sothat the panels Ila and 14b can b disposed the spread out end thereof; d in symmetrical or balanced relation relative to Fig. 3 is a perspective of the sheet spread out the coextensive panels or sections, or i f -s t to show the creases therein. elation to each other.

The sheet I0, as shown in Fig, 3, eomprises i The forward edge 26 and sides of the folded ar- 35 l coextensive portions or sections l2 having predeticle a e devoid of raw Sheet edges, the lines termined equal dimensions and four 1esser p rfold or return bends between successive sections. or tions or sections 14 of reduced Width compared panels being located alongv the sides of the article.

40 to the width of each portion l2, the width of the and nstitut the lat a margins of a h p rtions I 4 preferably being less than one-h m folds or sections. Such return bends are lesssub- 40 the width of the portions l2. ject to wear and offer less resistance to the with- The sheet I0 is folded in one direction on th drawal of the article from the stack or dispensing line I6 to bring the panel I la into overlapping device than a folded article having exposed raw relation to the remaining portion of the sheet and edg'es- I is folded in the opposite direction on the line [8 When the article is folded flat the total thick- 45 to bring the panel Mb into overlapping relation eSS he iS eq 8 D including each pa to the opposite side of the remaining portion of Of O f t Sections The panels and are I the sheet. The sheet I!) is then reversely folded made of a width less than one half the width of 50 on the lines 20 and 22 to bring the panels I 2a, the panels I211, I217, or 120 so that the edges of I21; and I2c into overlapping relation. The panthe former will not overlapand cause increase of 50 els |2a and l2b are folded so that the panel Ma thickness at the center. 'Up to such limit .the is disposed therebetween, and panels lZb and no panels Ma, and Mb may vary in Width to take are folded so that the panel Mb is disposed therecare of surplus width of sheet.

between. The overlapping panels arethen folded The folded article as described is inherently 55 resilient or flexible so that the forward edge portion 26 can be uniformly flexed for facilitating the removal thereof from the stack or dispensing device such as disclosed in my copending application Serial No. 459,920 filed June 9, 1930. The opposite outside surfaces of the folded article are formed from the front side of the sheet while the opposirg' or contacting innermost surfaces are formedfrom the rear side of the sheet, said outside and innermost surfaces being coextensive and continuous and no raw edges being exposed so that the article can be readily removed from the stack without danger of tearing or otherwise injuringthe same. By my invention I am able to apply a flexing pressure to the folded article at the uppermost side thereof, relative movement of the innermost relatively smooth coextensive surfaces, brought into contact by folding at 24,

being facilitated, resulting in the flexing of the,

ate between the edge parts and at least twice as wide as the edge parts and reversely folded on equi-spaced lines parallel to the edges to bring the coextensive parts into overlapping relation with the edge portions extending inwardly therebetween, and the sheet, so folded and overlapping, folded together on a line parallel to the end edges, whereby all side edges are folded edges, all exposed raw edges are at the end of the article opposite the last named fold, and the exposed surfaces are the full width of the folded article.

2. A folded paper article having single-thick ness edge parts reversely folded on lines adjacent and parallel to its side edges, and three coextensive part-s all of equal width intermediate between the edge parts and at least twice as wide as the edge parts and reversely folded on equispaced'lines parallel to the edges to bring the coextensive parts into overlapping relation with the edge portions extending inwardly therebetween, and the sheet, so folded and overlapping, folded together on a line parallel to the end edges, whereby all side edges are folded edges, all exposed raw edges are at the end of the article opposite the last named fold, and the exposed surfaces are the full width of the folded article.

SAMUEL SHAPIRO. 

